Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi
by Ganganatha Jha | 1920 | 1,381,940 words | ISBN-10: 8120811550 | ISBN-13: 9788120811553
This is the English translation of the Manusmriti, which is a collection of Sanskrit verses dealing with ‘Dharma’, a collective name for human purpose, their duties and the law. Various topics will be dealt with, but this volume of the series includes 12 discourses (adhyaya). The commentary on this text by Medhatithi elaborately explains various t...
Verse 10.26
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
सूतो वैदेहकश्चैव चण्डालश्च नराधमः ।
मागधः तथाऽयोगव एव च क्षत्रजातिश्च ?? ॥ २६ ॥sūto vaidehakaścaiva caṇḍālaśca narādhamaḥ |
māgadhaḥ tathā'yogava eva ca kṣatrajātiśca ?? || 26 ||(1) the ‘Sūta’ (2) the ‘Vaideha,’ the ‘Caṇḍāla,’ the lowest of men, (4) the ‘Māgadha,’ (5) the ‘Kṣattṛ’ caste, and (6) the ‘Āyogava.’—(26)
Medhātithi’s commentary (manubhāṣya):
These ‘inverse’ castes, defined above, are mentioned here, for the purpose of laying down what follows.—(26)
Comparative notes by various authors
(verses 10.6-41)
See Comparative notes for Verse 10.6.